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Patented Aug. 21 1 928 UNITED STATES 1,681,470 PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK A. DREES, OF PAWHUSKA, OKLAHOMA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

OF ONE-HALF TO FRED D. TURNER, ,OIF PAWHUSKA, OKLAHOMA.

FITTING.

Application filed August 1, 1924. Serial No. 729,577.

This invention relates to a pipe fitting, the

general object of the invention being to provide socket members in thewalls and floor of a building to which gas and other lines are connectedand to which gas stoves and the like can be connected by ipes which aredetachably connected with the socket members and can be easily removedwhen the stove or other device is not being used.

Another object of the invention is to provide hinge covers for thesocket members which will close the same when the connectin g pipes havebeen removed and thus make a neat appearance and prevent dirt and dustgetting in the parts.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangementof the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Fi ure 1is a sectional view of a socket mem er.

Figure 2 is an elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a View of a T-coupling.

Figure 4 is a sectional view showing how the invention is arranged in awall between two rooms.

Figure 5 is a view of a nipple for use with a floor plug.

Figure 6 is a sectional view showing the floor arrangement in use.

Figure 7 is a view of an elbow.

Figure 8 is a sectional view showing the elbow arrangement in use.

In these views, 1 indicates a socket which is entirely screw threadedand is formed with a face plate 2, a hinged flap or door 3 beingarranged to cover the end of the socket member when the same is notbeing used. The socket member is adapted to be placed in a hole formedin the base board or other part of a wall or in the floor of a buildingwith the faceplate overlapping the wall face or floor. The pipes leadingthe gas to the socket member has a part threaded to fit into the socketand the interior of this part of the ipe is also threaded to receive apipe or tu e which is adapted to lead the gas to the stove or otherfixture. Figure 3 shows a T 4 which is used to connect two socketmembers to a supply pipe 5. These socket members are placed in the wallsA of two rooms and two of the ends of the T are threaded, as at 5, toengage the threads in the socket members and its nipple 6 is interiorlythreaded to receive the threaded end of the supply pipe 5. As will beseen the T is located between the partition walls and is thereforehidden from view. Its ends are interiorly threaded, as at 7, to receivethe threaded end of a pipe or tube 8 which'is adapted to be connected toa stove or other fixture. When the fixture is not being used the pipe 8is removed and a plug, such as shown at 9, is threaded in the couplingand then the flap 3 is closed, as shown in the left hand part of Figure4. TVhen the device is to be placed in a floor, a straight nipple 10 isused, as shown in Figures 5 and 6, the threaded end of this nippleengaging the socket member which is placed in the floor .(3 and thisnipple 10 is connected with the supply pipe 5*. Its threaded end isthreaded interiorly to receive the pipe 8 which is connected with thestove or other fixture.

When but one socket member is used, as in Figure 8, an elbow pipe 11 isused to connect the socket member with the supply pipe, as shown inFigure 8. This elbow is threaded interiorly to receive the pipe 8 whichis connected with the stove or other fixture and is also connected withthe supply pipe 5". 7

From the foregoing it will. be seen that the connections are all hiddenfrom view and the connecting pipe can be easily atmake changes in theconstruction and in the combination and arrangement of the severalparts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appendedclaim.

What I claim is In a pipe fitting, a face plate having an internallythreaded socket intergral therethreaded for the reception of a smallpipe 7 with, the said face plate being adapted to whereby the plateforms no part of the engage the surface of a Wall or floor through pipeline but is merely a threaded support which the socket passes, a doormember 1' or the pipe at a point Where a smaller pipe hinged to the faceplate for normally closing is connected into the main pipe line.

one end of the socket, a T-member connected In testimony whereof I afiixmy signature. in a pipe line having one end threaded in y the socket,the said end being also internally 4 FRANK A. DREES.

